Painstakingly constructed alone in his home, And Nothing Hurt is arguably the purest and most sentimental music J. Spaceman, a.k.a. Jason Pierce, has crafted as Spiritualized since the swooning zeniths of Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.

Most of ‘And Nothing Hurt’’s best moments are its most tender. ‘Here It Comes’ is a comfortingly small-horizoned country-rock love song about life on the road, charmingly and gently tear-jerkingly middle-aged.

If this really is the final Spiritualized album, I can't think of a better way to end it. And Nothing Hurt is the most singularly beautiful record Pierce has released, and easily one of the 2018's most impressive and expansive releases. Hats off, Spaceman.

If I gotta honest, a pretty out of this world experience for Spiritualized that I didn't expect much going in. At this point, Pierce has been so expansive with his psychedelic and artistic sound that if this IS the closing chapter to this spaceman's journey, it's a deserved one to say the least.